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Originally Posted by Kinguni
Don't look at my union! Wages for bus operators haven't kept up with inflation over the last 25 years and are the lowest in Canada. I'd estimate we're 10% down taking inflation into account. Starting wage is too low to attract employees who will make it a career, actually too low to attract enough new operators at all, even with relaxed hiring standards. Wages for mechanics are still far below that of the private sector meaning very low retention. All of this actually drives up costs.
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Agree, at one time (less than 25 years ago) transit drivers salaries were on par with firefighters but somehow, someone decided that the WFPS and WPS employee's needed just about all the cities budget!
